Along the way, Mann forged a powerful new sound driven by her distinctive singing style-stripped-down, folky, acoustic but also forceful and cerebral, exploring psychological themes with dark wit and an eye for the world’s ugliest power plays. But together, they form a portrait of one woman’s crisis of disassociation as seen through another woman’s eyes.Īfter several albums with ’Til Tuesday, Mann began her solo career in 1993 with the album Whatever and made a name for herself through her independent success and the founding of her record label, SuperEgo Records. Although several different characters narrate the songs, they’re not strictly tied to any narrative. The assignment to write songs for someone else’s project offered Mann a sense of liberation, freeing her to enter another person’s consciousness and story-and a brand-new set of musical structures-through the lens of Kaysen’s own alienation. However, Queens of The Summer Hotel was written more quickly than any of Mann’s previous records. In many ways Queens of The Summer Hotel is the unintentional part two to Mann’s 2017’s Grammy-winning album Mental Illness, both exploring themes of self-harm, depression and suicide. The resulting music comes together in Queens of The Summer Hotel. It was material that Mann understood well, having had her own struggles with mental illness. Mann started developing the new music in 2018 when she agreed to write songs for a stage adaptation of Girl, Interrupted, Susannah Kaysen’s memoir about her psychiatric hospitalization in the late 1960s. Kicking off on November 13, the shows include multiple performances at Los Angeles’ Largo at the Coronet and New York’s City Winery. In support of the new release, Mann confirms a select run of headlining tour dates this fall and winter. “…exquisite emotional magic…”-Cool Hunting “Three decades into her solo career, Aimee Mann still manages to surprise and delight.”-Holler “Queens of the Summer Hotel is nearly flawless.”-No Depression “Featuring swelling strings and nimble piano bounce, along with Mann’s almost operatic voice, the album is heart wrenching at times.”-American Songwriter “…a collection of elegant baroque pop songs…”-Los Angeles Times “While the show’s path to the stage is still up in the air, the songs it inspired have Mann’s signature sardonic humor, wry lyrics, moody melodies and powerful emotional resonance.”-Associated Press “The theatrical prompt puts good use to Mann’s more maudlin songwriting instincts and gives her occasion to indulge in lush orchestrations.”-The New York Times The new music continues to receive critical praise: Fans can listen to/share the new record HERE. Queens of The Summer Hotel, the new album from Aimee Mann, is out now via her own SuperEgo Records.
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